Air China: "Be careful in London"
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Granted, the magazine was from 7 years ago and they were forced to apologize.
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Granted, the magazine was from 7 years ago and they were forced to apologize.
@taiwan_girl said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
Granted, the magazine was from 7 years ago and they were forced to apologize.
I didn't notice the date - it wasn't in the original tweet, and I missed it in the article.
I wonder if London (or Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis) has gotten safer since then.
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@taiwan_girl said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
Granted, the magazine was from 7 years ago and they were forced to apologize.
I didn't notice the date - it wasn't in the original tweet, and I missed it in the article.
I wonder if London (or Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis) has gotten safer since then.
@George-K said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
I wonder if London (or Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis) has gotten safer since then.
555 The original warning is now much more than a paragraph!!!
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Comparing London to Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis is a bit much. London has a homicide rate of about 1.27 per 100,000. Chicago is 29.66, Detroit is 41, St. Louis is 87.
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Comparing London to Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis is a bit much. London has a homicide rate of about 1.27 per 100,000. Chicago is 29.66, Detroit is 41, St. Louis is 87.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
Comparing London to Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis is a bit much. London has a homicide rate of about 1.27 per 100,000. Chicago is 29.66, Detroit is 41, St. Louis is 87.
Yeah, that's sort of my point. I wonder if China Air made similar warnings about these cities.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
Comparing London to Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis is a bit much. London has a homicide rate of about 1.27 per 100,000. Chicago is 29.66, Detroit is 41, St. Louis is 87.
Yeah, that's sort of my point. I wonder if China Air made similar warnings about these cities.
@George-K said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
Yeah, that's sort of my point. I wonder if China Air made similar warnings about these cities.
They said to avoid the parts mainly populated by Americans.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
Comparing London to Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis is a bit much. London has a homicide rate of about 1.27 per 100,000. Chicago is 29.66, Detroit is 41, St. Louis is 87.
Yeah, that's sort of my point. I wonder if China Air made similar warnings about these cities.
@George-K said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
@Doctor-Phibes said in Air China: "Be careful in London":
Comparing London to Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis is a bit much. London has a homicide rate of about 1.27 per 100,000. Chicago is 29.66, Detroit is 41, St. Louis is 87.
Yeah, that's sort of my point. I wonder if China Air made similar warnings about these cities.
Not so much any more, but there was (and maybe still a bit) of ignorance about western culture and locations in Asian countries. A lot of it is not intentional, but just because of lack of exposure.
I think it is becoming better just because it is easier to get information today on other places. TV and movies were big ways people learned about the US.
Growing up, the best selling toothpaste in Taiwan was a brand called "Darkie" and it had a drawing of a black person on it with smiling white teeth. I had no idea it was rascist. It was just a brand. Just ignorant.
It is not unusual for Chinese tourists to be pretty culturally insensitive.
